Why Do I Have Duplicate Contacts on My Android Phone?

Sometimes your phone creates two or more than two copies of a single contact. This mostly happens when you factory reset a device and sync contacts or change SIM and accidentally sync all contacts. This can completely clutter the contacts, making it hard to navigate through contacts.

How do I get rid of duplicate contacts on my Android phone?

Merge duplicates

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Contacts app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu Suggestions.
3. Tap Clean up duplicates. If you don’t see this, you don’t have any contacts that can be merged. …
4. Optional: If you’d rather choose which contacts to merge: Open your device’s Contacts app .

Why do my Google contacts keep duplicating?

This usually happens when you have your phone set to show all contacts in the contacts manager app and you also have the phone set to sync contacts across accounts. … You may or may not be able to do this as it will depend on what phone and what Android it is running.